Tone decay hearing test at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

600 River Ave, Lakewood, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1225133473

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 3, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$33.75

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$142.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$17.18 with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey vs $332.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey NJ Health $17.18 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Community Plan $26.25 ↓ -22%
Fidelis Care NJ Family Care $26.75 ↓ -21%
Aetna Better Health $28.75 ↓ -15%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $42.90 ↑ +27%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $42.90 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare $42.90 ↑ +27%
Clover Medicare Advantage $42.90 ↑ +27%
Humana Medicare $42.90 ↑ +27%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $42.90 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Medicare $43.76 ↑ +30%
Cigna Local Plus $62.59 ↑ +85%
Emblem Health Commercial $75.08 ↑ +122%
Cigna HMO $79.53 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $80.94 ↑ +140%
Cigna PPO $83.76 ↑ +148%
First Health Commercial $85.20 ↑ +152%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $85.37 ↑ +153%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $90.66 ↑ +169%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $104.01 ↑ +208%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $108.84 ↑ +222%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS $109.05 ↑ +223%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $109.97 ↑ +226%
Amerihealth Local Value $111.08 ↑ +229%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $111.08 ↑ +229%
Qualcare Inc PPO/WC $116.29 ↑ +245%
Aetna HMO $119.28 ↑ +253%
Aetna PPO $119.28 ↑ +253%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $135.43 ↑ +301%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $137.89 ↑ +309%
United Healthcare Nexus $282.00 ↑ +736%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $282.00 ↑ +736%
United Healthcare Commercial $332.00 ↑ +884%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $332.00 ↑ +884%

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Tone decay hearing test at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $43.44 $43.44 – $52.13
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack $46.22 $36.98 – $63.12
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $42.90 $39.25 – $66.49
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $43.48 $8.40 – $66.49
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $43.44 $43.44 – $59.61
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $46.22 $8.27 – $63.12
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $43.48 $10.50 – $63.12
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $43.44 $43.44 – $59.61

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